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UK food hygiene · Sandwell

Sandwell.
2,573 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Sandwell with its official FSA hygiene rating. 66.4% score a 5. 65 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.47
Avg FSA
1,562
venues scored 5/5
65
scored 0 or 1

Sandwell food hygiene in one minute

  • 2,573 food venues tracked in Sandwell, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.47 out of 5 across 2,353 rated venues.
  • 1,562 venues scored 5/5 (66.4%).
  • 65 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Sandwell in context

Sandwell sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.47 across 2,353 rated venues.

66.4% of Sandwell venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

65 Sandwell venues currently score 0 or 1, 2.76% of rated stock, which puts Sandwell above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Sandwell itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.1/5 while a typical caring premises averages 4.9/5, the local hygiene gap that drags the city headline number.

Computed from FSA open data on . National benchmarks: avg 4.65/5, 78% at 5/5, 1.24% at 0/1.

How Sandwell scores

2,353 rated · 220 awaiting
5
1,562 venues
66.4%
4
511 venues
21.7%
3
171 venues
7.3%
2
44 venues
1.9%
1
54 venues
2.3%
0
11 venues
0.5%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

Inspected in the last few months and kept a perfect score.

  • 5

    Unicorn Nursery

    new

    Caring Premises · B69 1BG

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Swallowfields

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · DY4 8BJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    4CT Joseph Turner Out of School

    Caring Premises · DY4 0NB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Tea Pot Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · B69 4SN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Surbhi's Cakes

    Retailers - other · DY4 7HF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Minee Monkeys

    Caring Premises · B69 2AX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Stepping Stones in the Community

    Caring Premises · B66 2DJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Giggles and Grow Day Nursery

    Caring Premises · B66 2DJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Orchard School

    Caring Premises · B68 8LD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Sodexo (Geopost)

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · B69 4DA

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Sandwell venues not inspected in 18 months or more.

The FSA recommends re-inspection every 6 to 24 months based on risk. These venues' last visit was a while ago. A good sticker from 2022 means less than a good sticker from last month.

  • ?

    Chaiibox Capehill

    stale · 1516mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · B66 4PB

    Jan 1900

  • ?

    Clifton House

    stale · 1516mo

    Caring Premises · B69

    Jan 1900

  • ?

    Inflata Nation West Bromwich

    stale · 1516mo

    Other catering premises · B70 8NS

    Jan 1900

  • ?

    Bearwood Chemists

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · B66 4ES

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Beacon Wines

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · B43 7AG

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Argos (inside Sainsburys)

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · B65 0HG

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Sandwell.

Breakdown by business type. Average FSA score next to volume.

Retailers - other

719 venues in Sandwell

4.3
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

456 venues in Sandwell

4.4
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

420 venues in Sandwell

4.1
avg score

Other catering premises

282 venues in Sandwell

4.7
avg score

Caring Premises

204 venues in Sandwell

4.9
avg score

Mobile caterer

142 venues in Sandwell

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

123 venues in Sandwell

4.8
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

114 venues in Sandwell

4.7
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Sandwell.

  • 5

    Unicorn Nursery

    new

    Caring Premises · B69 1BG

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Swallowfields

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · DY4 8BJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    4CT Joseph Turner Out of School

    Caring Premises · DY4 0NB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Surbhi's Cakes

    Retailers - other · DY4 7HF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Tea Pot Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · B69 4SN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Minee Monkeys

    Caring Premises · B69 2AX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Orchard School

    Caring Premises · B68 8LD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Stepping Stones in the Community

    Caring Premises · B66 2DJ

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Sandwell, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Sandwell?

RatingCafe tracks 2,573 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Sandwell, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways, cafes, schools and retail food outlets. The dataset is refreshed every 24 hours from the FSA open-data feed.

What is the average FSA hygiene score in Sandwell?

The average FSA hygiene score across Sandwell is 4.47 out of 5. 66.4% of rated venues score a 5, and 65 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Sandwell venues failed their FSA inspection?

Sandwell currently has 65 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Sandwell are listed on this page with inspection dates, and the full list including stale inspections is surfaced in the worst-rated section.

Where does RatingCafe get Sandwell hygiene data?

All Sandwell ratings come directly from the Food Standards Agency open-data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), reused under the UK Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores, only republishes them in a searchable format.

Primary sources

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RatingCafe mirrors public FSA open data. The score on this page is the same one the inspector filed, but you can verify it at the source right now.

JT

Edited by James Thornton, Food Safety & Regulation editor.

Last refresh: 14 April 2026. Reviewed against FSA guidance and the FSA scoring matrix.

All Sandwell data sourced from the Food Standards Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores. Full methodology.